Table 3.

Caregiver groups means and standard deviations for questionnaires assessing caregiver burden, carer experience, neuropsychiatric symptom severity and associated caregiver distress for entire sample and by group

	Entire Sample			Low Global Deterioration Scale			High Global Deterioration Scale
	Pre-platform M (SD)	Post-platform M (SD)	Range Pre-/Post	Pre-platform M (SD)	Post-platform M (SD)	Range Pre-/Post	Pre-platform M (SD)	Post-platform M (SD)	Range Pre-/Post
Caregiver burden (ZBI)	22.22 (8.40)	20.96 (8.00)	35.00/37.00	16.33 (9.43)	16.12 (6.73)	29.00/24.00	23.87 (7.40)	22.30 (7.88)	34.00/37.00
Carer experience (CES)	61.03 (19.31)	62.46 (16.59)	88.72/64.90	66.50 (21.97)	64.89 (15.01)	74.04/44.00	59.50 (18.50)	61.78 (17.11)	88.72/64.90
Severity of neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPIQ)	10.66 (7.21)	9.59 (6.47)	34.00/25.00	7.00 (4.69)	5.63 (3.90)	13.00/12.00	11.53 (7.49)	10.60 (6.65)	34.00/25.00
Caregiver distress (NPIQ)	18.56 (11.55)	17.03 (11.13)	59.00/52.00	13.36 (9.64)	11.63 (7.23)	28.00/23.00	19.88 (11.71)	18.41 (11.59)	59.00/51.00

ZBI, Zarit Caregiver Burden; CES, Carer Experience Scale; NPIQ, Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire. Analyses for the caregiver burden (ZBI) and CES (CES) were conducted with all 55 participants. Analyses for severity of neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPIQ) and caregiver distress (NPIQ) were conducted with 54 participants.